CXV. EUniORBIACEiE. 027 



p. 944. Codifeum jnctum, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 3051. Croton varieyatum, 

 Linn. Sp, PL ed. 3 (1764) p. 1424; Grab. Cat. p. 182; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 ISuppl. p. 77. 



Manihot uttlissima, Pohl, PI. Bras. Icon. (1827) v. 1, p. 32, t. 24. A 



tall herbaceous plant with a tuberous root and palmate leaves, a native 

 of S. America, yielding Cassava and Tapioca, has been occasionally 

 cultivated in gardens. Graham (Cat. p. 183) says that it was introduced 

 by the Portuguese at Goa, but is grown in Bombay gardens simply as 

 an ornamental plant and not used economically. El. B. I. v. 5, p. 239; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 372 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 940; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 157. Jatropha manihot, Linn. 

 iSp. PI. (1753) p. 1007; Grab. Cat. p. 183 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 77. 



Hiiypomane mancinelJa, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1191. A middle-sized 

 tree 40-50 ft. high, with virulent poisonous juice. Leaves ovate or 

 elliptic, serrulate or crenate, shining, with a single gland on the upper 

 side at the junction with the petiole. Fruit a roundish, fleshy, yellowish- 

 green drupe. The tree, which is a highly poisonous one, is a native of 

 Tropical S. America and has been grown in the Victoria Gardens, 

 Bombay. Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 373. — Elowers : 

 May. 



Eicinus communis, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1007. The well-known 

 Castor-oil Plant cultivated throughout India and naturalized near 

 habitations, but, probably, a native of Africa. Two varieties are 

 commonly grown, the larger with green, the smaller with red stem 

 and flowers. The bright-colored leaved varieties are very effective in 

 gardens. The oil is largely used for burning and when cold-drawn 

 furnishes the medicinal castor-oil. Very full particulars as to ruode of 

 cultivation of the plant and extraction and uses of the oil will be found 

 in Watt's Dictionary of Economic Products. El. B. I. v. 5, p. 457 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 183 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 78 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 4, 

 p. 72 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 318 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (1899) p. 372, & Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 435 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 952 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 506.— VEnif. Erand. 



Hura crepitans, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 1008. A branching shady 

 tree known as the Sand-box Tree, a native of Tropical America, with 

 glossy leaves and reddish inconspicuous flowers, has been planted at 

 Poona and Khandala. The curious round hard-shelled fruit is about 

 the size of an orange and when ripe often bursts with great force and 

 with a noise like the report of a pistol. The plant abounds in a 

 poisonous milky juice which is said to cause blindness if applied to the 

 eyes. Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 76 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 373. 



Oeder CXVI. URTICACE.a:. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves usually alternate, often oblique; 

 stipules various. Elowers cymose or clustered, usually minute, monoecious 

 or dioecious, 1-sexual, hermaphrodite, or rarely polygamous, often 

 crowded on the surface of a fleshy flat concave or globose receptacle, 

 sometimes hollow and closed (Ficvs) ; bracts usuallv small or 0, 



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